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J.-F. MORRISEY.

WIRE CHECK ROWER.

No. 301,826. v Patented July 8,1884.

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JAMES F. MORRISEY, or JoLnrr, ILL,

ASSIGNOR OF TWO-THIRDS TO AMOS N. KLINEFELTER AND-ANDREW DILLMAN', BOTHOF SAME PLACE.

WIRE CHECK-ROWER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 301,826, dated July 8,1884-.

Application filed March 19, 1884. (No modchi To all whom it mayconcern..-

Be it known that I, J AMES F. MoRnIsnY, a citizen of theUnited States,residing at J oliet, in the county of Will and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in WVire Check-Rowers, ofwhich the following is a specification, reference being had therein tothe accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a perspective viewillustrating a rear View of my invention applied to one box and adaptedto drop corn. Fig. 2 is a side View, in detail,'of the wire-guide rollsand the vibrating forked lever and cut-off connections.

Fig. 3 is a top view of the actuating-cam and its roller-connectionswith the dropping-tube or seed-guide. Fig. 4 is a detail of part of aseed-box and gearing for the dropping-plate. Fig. 5 is a detail showinga modification of the devices for vibrating the seed-tube. Figs. 6 showthe gear-wheel and its perforated seed-cell dropping-plate.

This inventionrelates to what are known as wire check-row planters,wherein the dropping and check-rowing devices are actuated by a knottedwire stretched over the field; and the nature of my invention consistsin certain novel devices adapted to be actuated taken in connection withthe annexed drawin the accompanying drawings, letter A designates theframe of that part 'of the machine to which my improvements are applied,which frame may be constructed in the usual well-known manner, andadapted to support the seed-boxes H. The box H (only one being shown inthe drawings) has applied to its bottom a toothed wheel, E into which isclosely fitted a plate, M, having holes or seedcells s. The teeth F of'wheel E are located as shown in Fig. 4, and engage with a beveledpinion spur-wheel, D, keyed on a shaft, 0, which has its bearing instandard H on the frame A.

On the shaft 0, I keya cam, A, for giving lateral vibration to theseed-tube B, as will be hereinafter further explained.

To the bottom of the frame A, I rigidly secure the drill-openers O,which serve as colters, and which are bifurcated at their rear ends, asindicated by c 0 Near the rear end of each drill-opener O", I secure astandard, 0", which is rigidly bolted to a transverse beam of frame A,and which affords means for attaching a fulcrum-pivot, f, for the spoonor seed-tube B, which receives vibration from the cam A, abovedescribed, acting onanti-friction rolls 7)", applied to the upperend ofsaid seed-tube, as clearly shown in Fig. 3. The lower discharging end ofthe seed-tube B is prismatic, and it has an opening in its rear wall forthe purpose of allow ing the driver to see the corn as it falls. Thislower end of the tube B is also subdivided by a partition, f, so thatthe grains of corn will be regularly dropped from right to left as thetube is vibrated between the extended sides 0 of the drill-opener.

Instead of using the cam A, above described, the seed-tube B may bevibrated by means of a supplemental bevel-gear, P, on the shaft of whichis a crank-arm, P connected to the upper flaring end of the seed-tube bymeans of a rod, P The bevel-gear P receives rotation from the bevel-gearD onshaft O, as shown in Fig. 5.

On the outer end of the shaft 0 is applied an arm, m, and also aratchet-wheel, G. The ratchet-wheel G is keyed on its shaft, but the armm is not, andto this arm is applied a pawl, J, which engages with theteeth of the ratchet-wheel, so that by vibrating arm m the shaft 0 willreceive intermittent rotary motion for dropping the grains of corn.

For the purpose of preventing the shaft 0 from turning backward or toofar forward, I employ on this shaft a tappet, G, and a gravitating stop,G (Shown in Figs. 1 and 2.) The vibrating arm m is connected by anendwiseadjustable rod or turnbuckle, m, to one arm of an angular lever,K, the upper arm of which is bifurcated, by means of which turn-bucklethe throw of the pawl is adjusted. This bifurcated lever has its fulcrumat k on the standard H At the upper end of this standard H are threegrooved rollers, Z Z 1 arranged as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, for thepurpose of guiding and retaining in proper position the knotted wire It,the knots on which successively engage with the fork of lever K as themachine progresses, and cause this lever to vibrate and the charges ofseed to be dropped from the box II. It will thus be observed that as theknots on the wire impinge against the fork of lever K they will forcethis fork backward, and give a partial rotation to shaft 0, which inturn will act through the medium of the gears and cam A, or itsequivalent, and drop a charge of seed, and also vibrate the seed-tube.It will also be observed that the said fork will release the knot andfall forward to engage with another knot, and so on the knots will actin succession to effect the droppin Having described my invention, whatI claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In awire check-rower, the combination of a vibrating bifurcated leverand an adjustable extension connection or turn-buckle adapted to beoperated by means of a knotted wire, with corn-dropping devices,substantially as described.

2. The combination of the bifurcated vibrating arm, corn-droppingdevices, a cam or its equivalent, and the anti-friction rollers If I),attached to the fulcrumed seed-tube for the purpose of vibrating thesame, substantially as described.

3. The combination of the angular vibrating forked arm, thecndwise-adjustable rod m, the ratchet and pawl, the stop for the shaft0, and the corn-dropping and seed-tube-vi brating devices, substantiallyas described.

4. In a check-rower, the combination of cam A on shaft 0, thecorn-discharging tube actuated by this cam, the arm m, ratchetwheelG,pawl J, tappet G, gravitating stop G, and the vibrating bifurcated armconnected to the arm m, substantially as described.

5. A vibrating discharger, a fixed seed-tube, and a toothed wheel havinga removable polygonal seed-plate, in combination with a forked vibratingarm, a pinion on the dropper-shaft, and a gravitating checking device,as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES F. -\IORILISEY.

\Vitncsses:

L. E. DLL'LMAN, IIENRY Hummer.

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